“Some Bells Can’t Be Unrung”: People Share 40 Hard Truths That May Be Hard To Swallow

Who wouldn’t like to live in a world without consequences? Where you could go back in time and start all over again. Where we could be fully in charge of whatever happens. Where life would give us lemonade instead of lemons.

The reality, however, is way different. So when someone asked “What are the hardest pills to swallow in life?” in an AskReddit thread, it surely hit very close to home for many people.

The responses started flowing in, with one uncomfortable truth being spilled after another.

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That a dog’s life is not long enough

anon , Chalabala Report

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Animals are worthy of moral consideration

Mountain-Return7438 , Mint_Images Report

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No one really knows you. They know their own version of you.

PamelaJWiley , Rawpixel Report

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That your boss and coworkers won’t care how hard you worked the second you leave the company.

Enjoy life. Go outside. Have a picnic. Don’t work so hard.

iStillPlayPS3 , stokkete Report

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418points

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Some relationships or friendships are meant to be temporary. Appreciate the memories and lessons they give you, but when the time comes you have to let go and move on

alexandria-haynes , peus80 Report

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It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose

Unreliable--Narrator , Farknot Report

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Not only is incompetence frequently left unpunished, it is sometimes also richly rewarded.

amvoloshin , bernardbodo Report

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Being in love isn’t enough to make a relationship work.

VogTheViscous , peus80 Report

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Just because something is not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility

Drunkula , monkeybusiness Report

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#10

Some bells can’t be unrung. And you have to live with the fallout from decisions you made and things you did when you didn’t know this fact.

the_digital_merc , astakhovyaroslav Report

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#11

You can't force a cat to cuddle

babyshaker_on_board , kseniasol Report

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#12

Bad things happen to good people.

Sometimes for no reason at all, completely randomly.

Important_Outcome_67 , bialasiewicz Report

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#13

Doesn’t matter how fit you are, you get old and your body starts to break down. It sucks. Hard.

Barrrrrrnd , javi_indy Report

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#14

Two justice systems; one for the rich and one for everyone else.

Professional-Ad-1611 , sofiiashunkina Report

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#15

Bad people win frequently.

Some people in leadership position are not good leaders. Some who are not in leadership are good leaders.

People will take advantage of your hard work. Many people get to where they are because of nepotism.

VStarRoman , Pressmaster Report

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#16

Nobody is obligated to be in your life. Years of commitment and love can go up in smoke because someone decided they were done with you.

Elijahb88 , AnnaStills Report

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#17

That sometimes even if you tried your best, you just weren't good enough.

Noctis012 , seventyfourimages Report

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#18

When you're young and healthy, it's hard to imagine being anything but.
When you lose your health, it's mind blowing how quickly things change.

Ennion , Pressmaster Report

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#19

You can't" be whatever you want to be" just by wanting it

Altruistic_Proof_272 , bialasiewicz Report

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#20

you only get the one life, so dont wait for things to be perfect

Gryffindorq , vadymvdrobot Report

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#21

That no matter who you are or what you do, the wide, wide majority of people (like me) will be a memory for one generation and then utterly forgotten.

bunkerburner , bialasiewicz Report

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#22

Sometimes when bad things happen to you it’s your own fault.

SIRUNKLYDUNK2 , jm_video Report

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#23

The world does not revolve around america.

FuriousRageSE , drazenphoto Report

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#24

You’re going to not exist in a very short amount of time that will feel like it went by in a blink.

gleafer , seventyfourimages Report

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#25

Life gives you the test first, then the lesson.

TheHairyManrilla , stokkete Report

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194points

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#26

The people you love the most in life will die, sometimes sooner than you could imagine, and the only thing that will come close to healing that wound is time.

orange150 , ckstockphoto Report

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#27

Arrogance is not extreme confidence, it's the opposite of confidence and it shows your insecurities.

If people call you arrogant, they are not intimidated by your confidence, they see what you are so desperately trying to cover up.

zazzlekdazzle , andreonegin Report

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#28

No one will love you the way you want/expect them to. I feel like a lot of relationship problems, at least the minor ones, come from a miscommunication of love. We love in our own way, and find ourselves expecting the same kind of love when that’s just not possible. It’s not a bad thing, but it’s hard to remember sometimes.

imjust_ro , Wavebreakmedia Report

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169points

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#29

Nobody is 100% *good* no matter how much you lie to yourself.

LipsOfScarlet , vadymvdrobot Report

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#30

you can’t help people who aren’t willing to try and help themselves

to quote a music artist i like “you don’t take the advice you f*****g use me for”

oreggino-thyme , monkeybusiness Report

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#31

Sometimes things just change, it’s nobodies fault but they change.

ATequilaMockingbird , Pixabay Report

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#32

Accepting the fact that the person you thought you'd spend the rest of your life with might not be the one.

IAmMyth , south_nostalgia Report

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#33

That lot of people you have are just there for the fun times, when accidents and life trauma happens most of the people you thought of as a safety net will just vanish.

Like how you think as a new parent that if something happens to you, there are this village of close friends and tight knit relatives and family that will be there for the kids. It’s really tough to accept the idea that it’s really not like that.

ToppsHopps , stevanovicigor Report

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#34

People come and go from your life and sometimes you’re the reason why.

RebootKing89 Report

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#35

Problems need to be solved. Most of them don't go away if you ignore them.

PurgaznNings Report

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#36

If you want a great life, great friends and experiences, you have to seek them out for yourself, and nurture them. They aren't randomly assigned to you, and no one else will take care of it but yourself (ofc also partly depending on other people, but you have to have agency)

fluffyegghead , Rawpixel Report

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#37

You will probably have to be ok with losing in nearly all aspects of life

offcommy , DragonImages Report

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#38

Not everything will happen according to your plan.

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#39

You aren't as unique as you think, so probably you aren't much different compared to the other 100 people that someone may have met that day. The "I'm built different" dialogue goes on everybody's head.

anon Report

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#40

Being cynical is not the same as having healthy skepticism.

It doesn't make you seem smart, but rather short-sighted and just angry that the world didn't just award you everything you feel entitled to because you are so gifted.

zazzlekdazzle , OlgaSmolina Report

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What do you think ?

Peppy 1 year ago

Well wasn’t that a little joyfest 🥹

38points

Hanni 1 year ago

They left out the most cheerful one: you might die any time and today may be your last day alive.

28points

Wisteria Lacoss-Arnold 1 year ago

My favorite is, "almost everyone becomes an orphan at some point." The only way to avoid that is to die before your parent(s).

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Sonja 1 year ago (edited)

The world isn't black and white and there are no fixed standards. Many truths depend on point of view and in many cases facts have different weight depending on the individual situation. So be careful with judging others. You only see the moment, never the whole picture, so wait a little before you judge and if you can't get all the facts, don't judge at all. I just saw a colleague calling out the laziness of another colleague in an open slack channel at work. Her teamlead made her take down the message in minutes and had the IT delete the reactions. The colleague in question wasn't lazy, she has cancer and is out of office several times a week for cancer treatment. So while it's completely ok to have opinions, it's not ok to carelessly apply them when you're not truly sure and in the know. You never know what's behind the surface.

14points

RikakueRoleplay 1 year ago

Exactly! Never judge just off of what you see, everyone has many dimensions to them. If you frequented a lot fandoms as a child to escape reality, your more likely to understand this. I never reacted to or made comments on posts about a fandom I was not at some point a part of because I knew I didn't have the full picture. This turned into me being the (self-proclaimed, I try) kind of person that won't argue for bs on issues if I have even an inkling that I'm mislead or not well enough informed. Some things, albeit cringe as teens and children things are, can teach them a lot.

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